Canada’s COVID-19 infections among adults tripled in early 2022 due to Omicron: study
TORONTO — The number of Canadian adults infected with COVID-19 tripled during the fifth wave of the pandemic compared with the total number of...
Opinion: Georgina council’s 33 per cent pay hike is offensive
By Karen Wolfe
WOW! It seems Georgina council (with the exception of Mike Waddington) has decided that members of the next council deserve a 33...
May 10, 2022 Issue
Main Stories:
Town Council approves windrow snow clearing program,
Couple loses everything in house fire,
Country music festival coming to The Briars Resort,
Trillium grant helps Hospice Georgina move forward,
Georgina Spring Fling Half-Marathon hits Lake Drive
Ontario party leaders square off at first debate of election campaign
Health-care, housing and highways were the major topics Ontario's main political party leaders sparred over on Tuesday as they squared off for the first...
Country music festival coming to The Briars Resort
By Mike Anderson
The Briars Resort and Spa in Jackson’s Point, with its Victorian gardens and 19th-century buildings, seems an odd place to host a...
Willow Beach couple survive devastating house fire
By Mike Anderson
A Willow Beach couple says they are lucky to be alive after a fire engulfed their home at 753 Churchill Lane last...
Georgina Spring Fling Half-Marathon hits Lake Drive on May 15
By Mike Anderson
Following last fall's successful Georgina Marathon and Half-Marathon, which saw more than six hundred runners on Lake Drive, the inaugural Georgina Spring...
Ontario PCs promise to boost disability support payment rates by five per cent
TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives promised Monday to increase disability support payment rates by five per cent, if re-elected, a pledge that was not...
Town Council approves windrow snow clearing program for 2022/23
By Mike Anderson
On May 4, Georgina Town Council approved a staff recommendation to make windrow snow clearing part of the Town's regular winter maintenance.
That...
Ontario Liberals would draw from contingency funds to pay for promises
A Liberal government in Ontario would count on a renegotiated child-care deal and "efficiencies" in procurement to pay for its promises, which include making...
